Improvement in thill-supporters for vehicles



H. '0. REGTOR. Thill-Supporter for Vehicles.

No. 212,325. Patented Feb. 18, I879.

N-PETERS, PHOTO-LITHQGRAPHER. wASNmBToM D c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HECTOR O. REOTOR, OF YOUNGSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO OSCAR F. SILOOTT, OF FELIOIIY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN THlLL-SUPPORTERS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,325, dated February 18, 1879 application filed December 5, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HECTOR OSBURN REG- TOR, of Yonngsville, in the county of Adams and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shaft- Holding Attachments for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica tion.

My invention consists in the combination of the L-shaped steel spring-bar, attached to the inner side of the thill-iron jaw, and the lug on the under side of the shaft-iron, thill-piece, or eye, which combination, when the shafts are elevated, forces the lug past the spring-bar, thereby forming the latch for supporting the shafts while the horse is being placed in position for hitching, or to keep them out of the way while the Vehicle is not in use.

Figure 1 is a side view of one side of my device made fast to the thill-arms. Fig. 2 is the opposite side, side view, of the same. Fig. 3 is a front View of the parts with the shaft elevated, showing the arrangement of the attachments latched.

In Fig. 1, Arepresents the axleof a vehicle B, one side of the jaw of the clip or thill-iron; C, the thill-iron bolt; D, the upright part of the spring-bar. Gris a bolt, which holds the lug or wedge-shaped piece F securely in its place.

In Fig. 2, E is the lower part of the springbar D, which is slipped over the thread end of the thill-bolt O, the end of which rests against the axle A.

In Fig. 3, D is the sprin g-bar fastened to the side of the clip or thill-iron B by the bolt 0. F shows the lug or wedge-shaped piece after it has passed the upright part of the springbar D, when the arrangement for latching and holding the shafts in an elevated position is completed.

The manner of fastening and detaching the shafts consists simplyin raising the shafts up and pushing them backward till the lug or shaft-piece has latched or fastened itself behind the upright bar I), as seen in Fig. 3, while a slight pull forward of the shafts dctaches them.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is The combination of the L-shaped springbar D E with the wedge-shaped lug F, the

sprin g-bar and lug being secured, respectively,

to the jaws and thill-iron, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HECTOR OSBURN REGTOR.

Witnesses:

O. BELL, I. (l. MARTIN. 

